• Question: what inspired you to be a scientist?

    Asked by anon-259703 on 30 Sep 2020. This question was also asked by anon-264732, anon-266247, anon-266298, anon-266248.
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      Richard Fielder answered on 30 Sep 2020:

      I’ve always wanted to know how things work. Science is all about finding out how things work, so that was the obvious path to take. I started with physics because that tells us how the universe works at the most fundamental level. Once I know all of physics, I can move on to the next field of science. Unfortunately, that may take a while since there’s quite a lot of stuff to figure out.

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      Tim Knapp answered on 30 Sep 2020: last edited 1 Oct 2020 3:06 pm

      Hi Joris,

      I’ve always liked taking things apart form a young age and knowing how things work.
      Not so good at putting them back together again at that young age though. LOL
      I got addicted to SCUBA diving when working in France and then my attention was turned to
      Biology.
      Of course the other reason is a number of superhero’s were scientists, or student scientists.
      Bruce Banner, Peter Parker, Dr Hank Pym (Ant Man)

      Read more at: https://gineersnow.com/industries/entertainment/superheroes-also-engineers-scientists

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      Andy Timms answered on 1 Oct 2020:

      My brother is quite a lot older than me. When I was quite young he was studying for his PhD and we got a tour of the lab where he was working. I remember looking at all the bottles and equipment on the benches and thinking this is what I want to be doing. So science was always my interest and, from University onwards, microbiology especially. I just love the challenge, problem solving, thinking and making sense of what you find putting it all into context. Just a great job.

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